רומעניש פּריים מיניסטער: קוום ריפּאָרץ איגנאָרירן סייכל דינסט פּראָטאָקאָלס און מענטשנרעכט ווייאַליישאַנז

Romanian prime minister Viorica Dancila criticized the European Commission’s Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM) reports during her speech at the debate in the European Parliament plenary session on Wednesday, October 3, which focused on the latest reform of Romania’s judicial system - writes James Wilson.

Ms Dancila asked the European Commission to explain why the CVM reports do not tackle the protocols between the intelligence services and the justice institutions, and the human rights violations in Romania. The Romanian Prime Minister went on to add that “millions of Romanians” were monitored by the secret services based on these protocols under the umbrella of the anti-corruption campaign.

Ms Dancila said in her speech:  “I start with an essential question: For whom do we want to build a viable justice system in Romania? For the CVM? For the magistrates? For politicians? Obviously not! We need to make a fair justice for the citizens!”

She went on to explain that it is only fair to ask how the CVM defended citizens’ rights, asserting that these reports failed to talk about “the secret protocols between the intelligence services and the justice institutions.” She also explained that court rulings that showed how evidence has been falsified or how witnesses had been blackmailed to testify.

She added: “There is nothing about these things in the CVM reports. This means that this mechanism has missed its purpose for which it was created. And I officially demand to be told who wrote the CVM reports, who provided the data and omitted, unintentionally or in bad faith, these unthinkable realities in the European Union,” Viorica Dancila said.

The Romanian Prime Minister also added that the new justice laws in Romania, which have been repeatedly criticized, give judges their independence back, as political decision-makers no longer intervene in appointing and revoking judges.

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“Today, I informed you all about the abuses in Romania. From now on, these things can no longer be ignored.”

The Romanian prime minister also referred to the August 10 anti-government protest in Romania and the controversial brutal intervention of the gendarmes, saying that the Gendarmerie’s intervention happened at an unauthorized meeting and targeted violent protesters who tried to occupy the government building. She asserts that it is  not fair to accuse the Romanian Gendarmerie for their intervention, explaining they behaved only as their counterparts in  Belgium, France, Spain, Germany or the UK do.

“In the end, I ask you this: Do not forbid Romania what is allowed in other states of the Union and don’t let things that are unacceptable in other Member States happen in Romania! We want to be your partner, but we want you to be your equal partner,” Dancila said at the end of her speech.

Frans Timmermans, the first vice-president of the European Commission, also spoke at the debate, urging the Romanian authorities to initiate an investigation into the protocols of the intelligence service with other institutions of justice.

 

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